8 ideas
9355 | One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt] |
6408 | Russell needed three extra axioms to reduce maths to logic: infinity, choice and reducibility [Grayling] |
14348 | An 'antidote' allows a manifestation to begin, but then blocks it [Corry] |
14347 | A 'finkish' disposition is one that is lost immediately after the appropriate stimulus [Corry] |
14350 | If a disposition is never instantiated, it shouldn't be part of our theory of nature [Corry] |
6414 | Two propositions might seem self-evident, but contradict one another [Grayling] |
14351 | Maybe an experiment unmasks an essential disposition, and reveals its regularities [Corry] |
14346 | Dispositional essentialism says fundamental laws of nature are strict, not ceteris paribus [Corry] |